“There was a 17-year age gap,” said Ventura, the prosecution’s key witness.
“I was really confused,” she admitted on the stand, letting out a sigh. “I was a new artist. I was pretty naive.”
When asked whether she wanted the kiss, she replied, “No, not on my birthday.”
Following that night in Vegas, the two spent more time together in New York, where she’d visit him at the Trump Hotel near Columbus Circle.
“I wanted to be around Sean for the same reasons everyone else did back then — he was fun, exciting, entertaining. And, of course, he held my career in his hands,” she said.
Now married to personal trainer Alex Fine and eight months pregnant, the “Me & You” singer is detailing how her former partner of 11 years allegedly coerced her into sexual acts and subjected her to physical and emotional abuse.
